it wentz down christmas eve morning shortly after takeoff. heavy fog may have played a role in the crash. >> power is back on to thousands of pet cocustomers in d.c. and maryland this christmas day. at one point 7,000 people lost power in wards 4 and 5 and maryland more than 1,000 people were in the dark against montgomery and prince george county. pepco flames it on over line cable issue. >> well, you know, christmas time is certainly special in washington d.c. and especially quup of the most beautiful catholic churches in the road world. more than 15,000 will walk through the basilica of shine of immack ulate conception for christmas mass this year. anjali hemphill has hor. has more. >> reporter: as the songs of angels filled these golden halls, thousands stood in the church pews basking in agentle winter

at the basilicale of the nartional shine of the immack ulate conception of wash washington, do c.. for decades christmas was celebrated here and everyone is welcome and as they rejoyed above down below hard working volunteers make sure everyone was fed a delicious christmas dinner. >> we received such joy from being able to share. this is many ways our christmas present to be able to be here and serve others. >> valencia camp says this is the 41st year she coordinated this in need or alone. however, she says people of all walked of life come to s sit, eat and enjoy. >> we have strangers sitting together with each other and strangers volunteering side by side with each other. and it does not matter age or their parish or anything. they're here for common purpose.

costa rica. it's more than a dinner it's a reunion well in the making. >> this is my first time hereal together here. >> i'll visit with as many as we can and dressed like this the kids think i'm santa that atdz ts adds special node to it. >> while santa has come on gone the archbishop of washington says the spirit of christmas should be remembered all yearlong. ape it's about god loving us and asking us and sfwlen in north eetion, anjali hemphill, fox local news. >> you people want to work on christmas day. but for some jobs it comes with territory. >> firefighters and cops that work around the clock. 365 days a year and some people want to make sure they show appreciation for those that work the

fox's paul wagner has the story. >> and the coup of bethesda got a lot of love and incredible spread for any occasion. 2urbgy and stuffing and salad. and cranberry sauce and trimmings. and fourth district are to work in and definitely best holiday meal of any of them i worked in. >> you don't say. and potatoes and pie and green beans. and so for officers out there wanting to get something to eat. >> the fridge was stuffed with salads and fruit on one table there were cookies and sweets and another sandwiches and chips and drinks. >> holidays it's usually a big spread. we'll periodically get people showing up on tuesday and say here you go and bring food and drop it off. it's a way

call to call it can be a challenge to get them in to eat. >> i think most of them come in and take a look at it and grab a plate and get moving. >> at the last stop in silver spring we were not dispointed antelove was there as well. >> it warms officers hearts to know people are think about them in a positive way. and so, it has increased over the years during the holiday season is and and for those that have to work during the time they are very, very much aappreciative of that. >> spreading a list christmas cheer for the men and women behind the bath. paul wagner, "fox5 local news". >> all right. it definitely feels a little christmasy out there, doesn't it? >> break for bing here. >> let's safe or the moment. >> love it♪ >> we have not officially said merry christmas to washingtonians and those here us with tonight. >> yeah,ar

christmas and welcome to the shiny elf here. >> now it's time to be fes festive. >> the good news if you were affected by the pope cooutage people would find you anyway. >> batteries and the winds ahowling and you lost power it doesn't matter. but, yes, windy earlier today and then turned cold and definitely feels like christmas. >> it will be chilly again into tonight and a cold end to christmas. you know it was a cold beginning but temperatures steadily fallen throughout the days with winds howling and despite that it was dry, sunny and pretty okay for travel just about every wrxt and some areas if you get up to far western maryland extreme western virginia they saw a little bit of festive snow. right now, 33 in washington. 28 gaithersburg and frederick and 8 martinsburg and a lot of us below freezing and wind continue to gust out of the west and we're seeing gusts over 20 miles an hour washington and points north washed and we did have gusts as

hour plus in the d.c. area and the highest one i saw was frederick countsy 6 mile an hour wind gusts earlier this morning. amazing, wind chills with the winds in the teens and low 2 20s. 22 washington and 19 dulles and 17 winchester and get used to this. and all week long and radar, pretty much clear skies and this were no showers and people woke up to christmas morning from pennsylvania and new jersey, new york, new england and ton of pictures are beautiful and extreme forth west of our areas saw a coating mostly snow stayed norm of us late last morning. no issues on the roads. it's cold, temperatures here in the district falling below freezing after 7 . it will be 30 there by 11 . overnight tonight temperatures fall to the 20s. if you have to head back to work tomorrow a lot of people do. and we've got full four days ahead

we'll start off cold and like i promised it is is going to be a very cold week ahead. temperatures may struggle to hit the freezing mark for several days in a row. so we'll talk about that coming up in the 7 day forecast and also a couple of opportunities for snow flurries and maybe as early as wednesday. i'll show you that ahead later on in the show. for now -- >> the weather set behind looks like reindeer ears. >> where? >> right there. >> hey, we're trying to play the part. >> there you go. >> exactly. >> doing it well. >> thank you, caitlin. >> it's a chilly day no doubt about that but did you see the run rise unreal members of fourth italian infinitery posted sun rising at the tom of the unknown shoulder arlington sem 25eury. the third regiment helps guard the historic monument which hold unknown service members who made the sacrifice. >> we thank them for their work on the hole day as well. >> a new

garner family. >> oldest dawlingts of eric garner has been advocate of police brutality. herself is fighting forfor her life. >> good news from family of an infant attacked by a raccoon. new video showing the 4-month-old's road to recovery. >> keeping tabs on st. nick the surprise one kid from virginia got when he called norad santa tracker call line and we're accepteding a happy holidays to our families.

some may not know her name but erika sgarner is an advocate against police brutality since her father's death in 2014. she suffered a major heart attack and is in critical condition. her father died when a new york pole

him over boot leg sale of sgraets. the officer placed him in a choke hold and he collapsed and died. >> a family of infant attacked by a raccoon in philadelphia rooming house will have a safer place to stay. they set up a go fund me that raised nearly 18,000 over three days. she was sleeping in her bed when a raccoon pulled her to the floor and mauled her face. she had to undergo hours of surgery undergoing 60 stitches. the property boner as cited for running a illegal rooming house. check out hundreds of skiers were trapped on the slopes after a ski lift broke down in french als in fran. . two helicopters were deployed to rescue the skiers. it was suspended 100 feet off the ground. 00 people rescued and they were apparently stranded for two hours. one person describing it like a rocking greenhouse

the good news no one was injured. he made his list and checked it twice and made rounds around town. >> kids all over the world were tracking all night long and took hundreds of volunteers at air force base in colorado to answer calls from kids that want to know where is santa and when will he come up to the house and some kids have -- and melania trump including one kid naipd casper from virginia. >> casper you're from virginia right? what do you think what do you want more than anything else

building blocks that's what i like too. >> at last check stand awas back at the north pole and nrad said he was busy and delivered more than 7 billion gifts. i hope you have your building blocks. >> make him happy. >> and you know there's a question out there sometimes and we all know santa is out there and sometimes kids doubt his existence. >> exactly. well, it looks like 58% of 4 and 5 years do tend to believe in santa. that's good. 65% of 6 years have remained firm believers. but as the study focused on older kids the number decreased greatly quarter of 8 years believed in 126789 nick and percentages remained steady over the years. he's out there. >> as well it should. >> and christmas is a time many associate with family, faith and presence. for those that don't celebrate the holiday it's a boosts of businesses around the can'ty. >> ellison barber has the

story. people often think of chew neat food as cuisine of choice for those that don't celebrate christmas. people that see december 25 as simply december 25 and chinese food dates to imgrant and. >> it was sort of informally people did it on christmas and i don't think people recognized as it common until maybe 70s or0s. >> according to grub hub that perception 345eu be more accurate than before. number ever chinese orders on christmas day more than dublingd to other sundays in the wmenter. most potential lar dishes duck and roost duck. >> there's few places in the can'ty that in the last 50 years would not have a chinese restaurant. >> but chinese restaurants aren't the only businesses cashing in on christmas. >> so are movie theaters

>>. >> there's a reason plenty block busters hit the scene on holidays. fan damage owe pulled moviors between 1 and 44. 86% say they lab to see at light two movies during the the christmas season and navigations to movie theaters norman dull on christmas day compared to other days in december. >> it's unsane how many films comes out feels like an overload they have different types of movies. >> this year holiday box office is gist big phelps latest "star wars" installment and franchise films like pitch perfect and jumagi and "star wars" had biggest opening ever this month. fox news. >> who was talking about the movies. >> looks familiar. >> if you're last minute shopper or don't feel like cooking christmas feast. there's stores and restaurant open. denny's is open 2

>> thank goodness. >> if you want the grand slam. >> christmas is food chain buzzest day of the year. ihope varies. i went to ihop on christmas they were shut down:00. starbucks open 9 to 6 and cbs open today those hours vary on location and all major grossers are closed. >> title is giving new listeners to a holiday gift. the streaming service is offering free twelve day preview. it includes title's full library of music and you don't have to provide credit card information. potential customers merdz can access tunes using web player, mobile app or desktop app. they'll release exclusive new content during the proposal owe period.. ♪ ♪ >> mariah carey getting a second chance. remember her performance last year. they blamed box performance not being able to hear aaudio track blaming

malfunction. she's returning to stage new year's eve for dick clark new year's rocking eave with ryan sea crest. >> why are we not watching the train wrak from last year. >> there's lots of train wrecks we have to khootz from. >> that's righting. >> could not find that particular train cek sorry. >> none of you you should be watching that show you should be watching steve harvey new year's show "fox5", 11:00 new year's eve. >> coming unnext, police in fairfax put out apb and you may know the man they're looking for. >> weaving in and out of traffic at high speed. older white male. heavier round the mid section and rosier red khex. >> the man they suspect may be under the influence of milk and cookies. and a record breaking number of surfing santas at the be beh.

this holiday tradition next. first, here's our troops from overseas. >> i'm captain chris simmonds from baltimore maryland deputy staff advocate with the legal office at the base and maria iry christmas and happy new year for the family, my mom, paul, brother drew and dad and claire and to all the family in maryland miss you guys and can't wait to see you again. ain.

thousands of people showed up on cocoa beach and they're trying to make history by doing this they're breaking record for most people. and the event started as local family tradition a few years ago going raising money for non profit groups. for life and the florida surf museum. >> those suits don't dry easily i would imagine. >> or beard. >> you're so practical. >> it's pretty out there this christmas. norm of here pummeled with snow. >> i was back here and the huge wind storm came in so much snow on the ground and we had 1 to 2" in south weren't pa and towards eary they got happenederd again. >> what's it looking like for us caitlin. >> no snow in the forecast but there's a coating of snow. when you were near pittsburgh you had the snow and woke up to white

>> just a little bit. >> i saw pictures all over the norm east and we continue to see lake effect snow. not much snow in the forecast and christmas day reagan bwi and wind was something else now. that woke me up early. 62 mile an hour wind gusts in frederick county and leesburg 55 and down in national mall peak winds guss of 45 miles an hour. we went from mild rainy saturday to here monday christmas day just very cold and clear and windy. and temperatures outside right now 33 washington and 30 baltimore and already some widespread 20s north and west and with that wind was colder. regional temperatures air temperatures very cold back north and west, 19 binghamton and 20 pittsburgh and 20 detroit and snow opt ground that keeps it cold. than air mass will continue to settle over us and we'll have several mornings in a row where temperatures are in the teens.

taking this radar way back last night. look at the snow that moved through novrj washington. see why western and central pennsylvania and all the way up to upstate new york, new england. here's the whole progression 18 hours ago christmas eve and christmas morning snows and several inches in parts of new england, boston. and woke up to nice looking conditions. not here. and wind diminish as we go to overnight. 6 for the low temperature overnight and for 20e78 tomorrow more sunshine and clouds. 37 for the high. most place dozen get above freezing tomorrow. and but it's a chilly, wintry afternoon. day forecast shows we're keeping cold locked in through the the week into the next holiday weekend and high temperatures 33 wednesday where we could have a few morning flouryes and not much and cold on thursday. still chilly friday. and now looks like there might be a small system to bring us snow saturday and certainly got the temperatures for. it and cold and sunny as we bring in the new year. wednesday morning doesn't look like a big deal and tu

storm but snow around there ourselves. >> new year's day if you travel that should not be impacted. >> when you have new year's eve and new year's day. blipding into a long holiday weekend. >> thanks. >> older white male heavier around the mid section white hair beard and mustache last seen wearing red and white fuzzy suit and fuzzy boots and belt to match. >> sounds seriou doesn't. it fairfax county dispatcher put an all points bulletin ought for santa claus. dispatcher went on to say the suspect they were looking for was driveing a sleigh with plates reading ho, ho, ho and cautioned officers to approach with caution and the driver my be under the influence of

and cookies. >> and wait one of the officers is hold on a second that sounds like santa claus. that driver must be sleeping it off. >> i think he's fine. >> all right. thanks for joining us keep it right here on "fox5". we'll have a special holiday program coming up next ext what do you think? hey, think ben will like it? yeah, was i the only one hearing the angelic music?

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kings is here ♪ ♪ he is hope for all people everywhere ♪ ♪ with gifts and dancing ♪ ♪ and we will sing to him all, all ♪ ♪ lifting praises ♪ and we will worship him ♪ ♪ there's no love or joy like his ♪ ♪ so to him, i freely give ♪ ♪ everything i need he is ♪ ♪ and his name shall be called ♪ ♪ and his name shall be called ♪ ♪ wonderful counselor, the mighty god ♪ ♪ he's the everlasting father and the prince of peace ♪

♪ he is the king to me ♪ ♪ halle, halle, hallelujah ♪ ♪ halle, halle, hallelujah ♪ ♪ halle, halle, hallelujah ♪ ♪ halle, halle, hallelujah ♪ ♪ halle, halle, hallelujah ♪ ♪ halle, halle, hallelujah ♪ ♪ halle, halle, hallelujah ♪ ♪ halle, halle, halle ♪ ♪ oh, come let us adore him ♪ ♪ halle, halle, halle ♪ ♪ oh, come let us adore him ♪ ♪ halle, halle, hallelujah ♪ ♪ wonderful counselor ♪ ♪ the mighty god ♪ ♪ he's the everlasting father and the prince of peace ♪

♪♪ ♪ and the prince of peace ♪ ♪ he is the king to me ♪ ♪ halle, halle, hallelujah ♪ ♪ halle, halle, hallelujah ♪ ♪ halle, halle, hallelujah ♪ ♪ halle, halle, hallelujah ♪ >> yes. all right. ♪♪ >> ♪ o holy night ♪ ♪ the stars are brightly shining ♪ ♪ it is the night of our dear savior's birth ♪ ♪ long lay the world in sin and error pining ♪

♪ till he appeared and the soul felt its worth ♪ ♪ a thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices ♪ ♪ for yonder breaks a new and glorious morn ♪ ♪ christ is the lord that ever, ever praise we ♪ ♪ his power and glory evermore proclaim ♪ ♪ his power and glory evermore proclaim ♪

♪ fall on your knees ♪ ♪ o hear the angel voices ♪ ♪ o night divine ♪ ♪ o night when christ was born ♪ ♪ o night divine ♪ ♪ o night ♪ ♪ o night divine ♪ ♪ noel♪ ♪ noel ♪

♪ o night ♪ ♪ o night divine ♪ ♪♪ ♪ hark! the herald angels sing ♪ ♪ glory to the newborn king ♪ ♪ peace on earth and mercy mild ♪ ♪ god and sinners reconciled ♪ ♪ joyful, all ye nations rise ♪ ♪ join the triumph

of the skies ♪ ♪ with angelic hosts proclaim ♪ ♪ christ is born in bethlehem ♪ ♪ hark! the herald angels sing ♪ ♪ glory to the newborn king ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ joyful, all ye nations rise ♪ ♪ join the triumph of the skies ♪ ♪ with angelic hosts proclaim ♪ ♪ christ is born in bethlehem ♪

♪ hark! the herald angels sing ♪ ♪ glory to the newborn king ♪ ♪♪

♪♪ >> ♪ have yourself a merry little christmas ♪ ♪ let your heart be light ♪ ♪ from now on, our troubles will be out of sight ♪

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ have yourself a merry little christmas ♪ ♪ make the yuletide gay ♪ ♪ from now on, our troubles will be miles away ♪ ♪ here we are as in olden days ♪ ♪ happy golden days of yore ♪

♪ faithful friends who are dear to us ♪ ♪ gather near to us once more ♪ ♪ through the years, we all will be together ♪ ♪ if the fates allow ♪ ♪ hang a shining star upon the highest bough ♪ ♪ and have yourself a merry little christmas now ♪

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ someday soon, we all will be together ♪ ♪ if the fates allow ♪ ♪ but till then, we'll have to muddle

through somehow ♪ ♪ so have yourself a merry little christmas now ♪ ♪ so have yourself a merry little christmas now ♪ >> alfred street baptist church dance ministry, drama ministry, and the christmas celebration choir. [ speaks indistinctly ] >> ♪ praise ye the lord ♪ ♪ that reigns on high ♪

♪ that reigns on high ♪ ♪ praise ye the lord that reigns on high ♪ ♪ the lord ♪ ♪ the lord ♪ ♪ praise ye the lord ♪ ♪ that reigns on high ♪ ♪ praise ye the lord ♪ ♪ that reigns on high ♪ ♪ praise ye the lord that reigns on high ♪ ♪ the lord ♪ ♪ the lord ♪ ♪ glory, glory ♪ ♪ glory to our great lord ♪ ♪ glory, glory ♪ ♪ glory to our great lord ♪ ♪ glory, glory ♪ ♪ glory to our great lord ♪ ♪ glory, glory ♪ ♪ glory to our great lord ♪ [ singing indistinctly ]

♪ our great lord ♪ ♪ our great lord ♪ [ applause ]

♪ doo-doo, doo, doo-doo ♪ >> ♪ ba da-da ♪ >> ♪ i'm dreaming of a white christmas ♪ ♪ just like the ones i used to know ♪ ♪ where the treetops are glistening and children are listening ♪ ♪ to hear the sleigh bells in the snow ♪ ♪ oh, i'm dreaming of a white

christmas ♪ ♪ with every christmas card i write ♪ ♪ may your days, may your days, may your days be merry and bright ♪ ♪ and may all your christmases be white ♪ >> ♪ doo-doo, doo doo-doo ♪ >> ♪ well, i'm dreaming of a white christmas ♪ ♪ just like the one i used to know ♪ ♪ where the treetops are glistening and children are listening ♪ ♪ to hear the sleigh bells in the snow ♪

♪ well, i, i, i, i'm dreaming of a white christmas ♪ ♪ with every christmas card i write ♪ ♪ may your days ♪ ♪ may your days ♪ ♪ may your days be merry and bright ♪ ♪ and may all your christmases be white ♪ >> ♪ doo-doo, doo doo-doo ♪ >> ♪ doo ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪

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>> ♪ merry christmas ♪ >> merry christmas, and welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to "where in the world of santa?," starring all of your favorite holiday friends, including frosty the snowman... >> ...rudolph the red-nosed

reindeer... >> ...susie snowflake and her international dolls... >> ...and of course, the star of our show... >> santa claus! ♪♪ >> ♪ we've got a great show for you ♪ ♪ we'll celebrate christmas, too ♪ ♪ santa's frosty follies are here ♪ ♪ with dancing and singing ♪ ♪ we're glad to be bringing you the best time of the year ♪ ♪ we've got frosty the snowman and his rock 'n' roll band ♪ >> ♪ rudolph and his reindeer galore ♪ >> ♪ we've got santa's elves from up in north pole land ♪ ♪ after suzy snowflake, you'll be screaming for more ♪ ♪ s so sit back and enjoy the show ♪ >> ♪ but watch out for mistletoe ♪ >> ♪ santa's frosty follies, where everything is jolly ♪ ♪ the frosty follies are here ♪ ♪♪ ♪ he's the man in a funny red suit ♪

♪ he flies in a sleigh with eight reindeer to boot ♪ ♪ he's bringing us presents ♪ ♪ then he's on the go ♪ ♪ and all you will remember is ♪ >> ♪ ho-ho-ho ♪ >> ♪ well, he's the man who comes once a year ♪ ♪ and when he arrives, we'll all give a cheer ♪ ♪ we love him ♪ ♪ we need him ♪ ♪ we love him because he's the wonderful santa claus ♪ >> hey, jingle! >> yeah, jangle? >> what does santa use in his garden? >> i don't know. what does santa use in his garden? >> a ho-ho-ho. [ laughter ] >> hey, jangle. >> yeah, jingle? >> if athletes get athlete's foot, what do astronauts get? >> i don't know. what do astronauts get? >> mistletoe. [ laughter ] >> hey, follies. i got one. why did the three wise men show up wearing raincoats and carrying hoses? >> don't know.

>> they came from a fire. >> oh. ♪♪ ♪ haul out the holly ♪ >> ♪ put up the tree before my spirit falls again ♪ >> ♪ fill up the stocking ♪ ♪ i may be rushing things, but deck the halls again now ♪ ♪ for we need a little christmas ♪ ♪ right this very minute ♪ ♪ candles in the window ♪ ♪ carols at the spinet ♪ ♪ yes, we need a little christmas ♪ ♪ right this very minute ♪ ♪ we need a little christmas now ♪ ♪ hey, the time has come to get on with the show ♪ ♪ santa's frosty follies are here ♪ ♪ [indistinct] and there's one thing we know ♪ ♪ your favorite christmas friends will appear ♪ >> ♪ so deck the halls ♪ >> ♪ trim the tree ♪ >> ♪ put up the mistletoe ♪ ♪ [indistinct] ♪ ♪ the frosty follies are re

>> 27-year-old university ever maryland lawsuit peter wo worthington jr.. the plain went down shortly after takeoff. they believe the heavy fog played a role in the crash. >> power finally restored to thousands of pepco customers in d.c. and maryland a

ward five and six and maryland more than 1,000 people were in the dark in montgomery prince george county and pepco says the outages were due to overhead cable line issue. >> well, we would be remiss if we did not miss you a merry christmas and thank you for joining us tonight. more than 15,000 people will walk through the basilica of immack ulate could beception for christmas mass this year. anjali hemphill takes us inside for a look at what it takes to pull it all off. >> as the songs of angels fill these golden halls basilica of national shine of immack ulate conception of washington d.c.. for decades christmas is celebrated here and everyone is welcome and as they revoiced